JUNE: This Month's Resource List
Find resources and contacts for health issues of special note this month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.
1821 University Avenue West, Suite S256
St. Paul, MN 55104-2897
(800) 541-5454
(651) 917-6256
(651) 917-1835 Fax
mgfa@myasthenia.org
Materials available
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Aphasia Association
7 Dey Street, Suite 600
New York, NY 10007
(800) 922-4622
naa@aphasia.org
Materials available
Contact: Emmeline Sim
National Safety Awareness Month
National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143-3201
(630) 285-1121
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scleroderma Foundation
300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105
Danvers, MA 01923
(800) 722-HOPE (4673)
(978) 463-5809 Fax
sfinfo@scleroderma.org
Materials available
Vision Research Month
Prevent Blindness America
211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 331-2020
(847) 843-8458 Fax
info@preventblindness.org
Materials available
Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline
Days of Special Interest...
June 3-9
National Headache Awareness Week
National Headache Foundation
820 North Orleans, Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60610-3132
(888) NHF-5552 (643-5552)
(312) 640-9049 Fax
info@headaches.org
Materials available
Contact: Suzanne E. Simons
June 3-9
Sun Safety Week
Sun Safety Alliance
413 North Lee Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 837-4202
(703) 683-3587 Fax
pschneider@sunsafetyalliance.org
Materials available
Contact: Phil Schneider
June 3
National Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation
P.O. Box 682285
Franklin, TN 37068
(615) 794-3006
(615) 794-0179 Fax
info@ncsdf.org
Materials available
June 11-17
National Men's Health Week
Men's Health Network
236 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 301
P.O. Box 75972
Washington, DC 20013
(888) MEN-2-MEN (636-2636) Men's Healthline
(202) 543-MHN-1 (6461) x101
(202) 543-2727 Fax
info@menshealthweek.org
Materials available
Contact: Erin Hoffman
June 24-30
Helen Keller Deaf - Blind Awareness Week
Helen Keller National Center Office for Development
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050-1299
(516) 944-8900 x254
(516) 994-8637 TTY
(516) 767-1738 Fax
development@hknc.org
Materials available
Contact: Development Department
June 27-July 5
Eye Safety Awareness Week
United States Eye Injury Registry
American Society of Ocular Trauma
1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 933-0064
(205) 933-1341 Fax
loretta@useironline.org
Materials available
Contact: LoRetta Mann